toursenlair Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 (edited) The Oxford English Dictionary has just included these abbreviations in its latest updates. Phew for me, because I only just realized after several years on this forum that they DON'T stand for "dancer son" and "dancer daughter"! (I have to admit I was a bit puzzled by some references that I interpreted as "dancer husband") Edited July 6, 2016 by toursenlair 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon2 Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 That is why I was puzzled by some who refer to their 'ex dd'. I've always wondered what they did to end up as an ex!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 As someone brought up in the era of print rather than pixels I've just had to look up these terms. Wikipedia (of course) gives: In Internet slang, DH is an abbreviation for dear husband; it is commonly used by women on certain forums to refer to their husbands. Similarly, DD means dear daughter and DS means dear son. Well I never! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 must admit I never knew what they meant either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 On this forum though, particularly in 'Doing Dance' we do also use DD and DS for dancing daughter or son which is why we occasionally end up with such things as an ex-DS or a non-DD! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huddsballetmum Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I always thought that it referred to Dancing , Son, Daughter or Husband. That's maybe just because I've been a DM (Dance mum) for the last 14 years!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trog Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Here's the full list http://public.oed.com/the-oed-today/recent-updates-to-the-oed/june-2016-update/new-words-list-june-2016/#new_words - I see BRB is there although I doubt it means what I say BRB means - it's most likely be right back. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trog Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I've just found this quiz http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2016/06/oed-june-2016-update/ so you can test yourself on the new words.I got 50% but some were lucky guesses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa O`Brien Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 50 % here too. A LOT of mine were guesses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picturesinthefirelight Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 I used parenting forums for 15 years way before finding balletco so I hope I hsvnt confused people when I refer to Ds as he definately does not dance! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 I've just found this quiz http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2016/06/oed-june-2016-update/ so you can test yourself on the new words.I got 50% but some were lucky guesses. 50% but all were guesses apart from 2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coated Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Ankle slapper? Seriously? Is that used more often than the Macarena is played by sober vicars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 90% 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huddsballetmum Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 90% too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixiewoo Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 80% and only because I couldn't believe that 'ankle slapper' was seriously anything real! would have been 90% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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